Motor Road Transport For Commercial Purposes
(Liquid Fuel, Steam, Electricity)

MECHANICAL ROAD TRANSPORT 45 tricycle. Such. a machine is designed with simplicity as its aim, an aim which is the only true one where success, as regards motor transport from an economic point of view, is concerned. The Motor Cycle and Tradesman’s Side Gar. The next example of light weight commercial trac- tion, which is in an equally infantile stage as regards adoption and application, is the motor bicycle and tradesman’s side car. A regular service for the con- veyance of light goods can be run by means of a suitable combination at a very low figure, and the handicap of only being able to carry perhaps a couple of cwt. is made up for by the high rate of speed possible for delivery. The man who wishes to start a small carrier’s business, but whose capitai outlay is limited to a minimum figure, will be wise to consider this type, for it is possible to obtain a side car with a box body which is easily convertible to a passenger carrying model. While touching on passenger conveyance it may be mentioned that, in the writer’s opinion, there is a good future before the three wheeled taxi cab. Probably the best adaptation will prove to be the light three wheeled chassis the construction of which. allows the single wheel to be placed in front, and to be both driven and steered. Such a design, with the driver’s and passenger’s seats arranged in tandem fashion, enables a closed body of practical dimensions to be fitted. The Light Van. There remains the three and four-wheeled types of light van. As regards the latter, the general lines of construction are sufficiently familiar in the miniature type of touring car to warrant but little further comment. Many of these are, on the whole, designed